Blueberry-Glazed Lemon Yogurt Cake
Blueberry-Glazed Lemon Yogurt Cake is a small, tender cake with a soft crumb. A glossy blueberry glaze with lemony notes makes the cake just a little extra special. Made with olive oil, yogurt and whipped egg whites, it has a lovely lightness while still staying moist and rich in all the right ways. It is the kind of cake that feels easy enough for an ordinary day, but pretty enough to serve when you want something a bit more polished.
Ingredients
For the Lemon Yogurt Cake
- 85 grams olive oil
- 77 grams sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 94 grams cake flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 tablespoon powdered sugar
- 65 grams yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
For the Blueberry Glaze
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- 1 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 tablespoon water
- 3/4 cups powdered sugar
Garnish
- sprinkles optional
Instructions
Make the Lemon Yogurt Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease and flour a 5.75 x 3” loaf pan.
- Make the cake first and the blueberry glaze while the cake is baking.
- Mix olive oil and granulated sugar. (NOTE 1)
- Mix in vanilla extract and the egg yolk.
- Mix cake flour, powdered sugar, baking powder and salt. Add this mixture to the olive oil mixture.
- Mix the yogurt into the mixture.
- Whip the egg white stiff and fold it into the batter, together with the lemon zest.
- Pour the batter into the a small cake pan (5.75 x 3")
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven of 350°F for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool.
Make the Blueberry Glaze
- Cooking the blueberries with 1/2 tablespoon of water, and the lemon juice, until the blueberries burst.
- Puree the berries and add the powdered sugar to achieve your desired consistency. (NOTE 2)
- Allow the glaze to cool a little and pour over the cake. Allow to run down the sides for a more dramatic effect.
- Garnish with sprinkles if you like.
Notes
- In cakes you often mix butter and sugar until the mixture becomes fluffy and white. This will not happen with olive oil.
- To make the icing thicker, add more sugar. To thin the icing, add more lemon juice. If you don’t want the tiny blueberry particles in your glaze, pour it through a fine mesh sieve before you add the sugar.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 383kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 4gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 137mgFiber: 1gSugar: 37g